Adamma & Adanne Ebo Sign Overall Deal With Sony Pictures Television
EXCLUSIVE: Adamma and Adanne Ebo have inked an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television. Under the pact, the sisters will develop, create, and produce drama, comedy, and animation series for all platforms.
Adamma and Adanne Ebo are American-Nigerian identical twins, who create together as a filmmaking duo. They sold their feature film Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. starring Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown to Focus Features and Monkeypaw at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Their TV writing credits include Emmy-nominated series Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Batman: Caped Crusader, both for Prime Video. Adamma Ebo has directed for Atlanta, Swarm, and up next Peacock’s mystery-drama series Poker Face Season 2.
“Adamma and Adanne are dynamic and talented creators, and we are thrilled to welcome them to the Sony family,” Lauren Stein, Head of Creative, Sony Pictures Television Studios shared in a statement. “We are excited to support and explore their unique creative vision and storytelling in drama, comedy, and animation.”
Added the sisters, “Sony is incredibly creator-forward, and for writers like us who have a ‘variety is the spice of life’ attitude for what we love to create and consume as avid TV lovers, partnering with the type of studio that truly supports creator-driven ideas is refreshing, creatively stimulating, and freeing. We can’t wait to make some really dope television with them.”
Both sisters are Spelman College graduates; Adamma Ebo is a UCLA Film School graduate, and Adanne Ebo is a Northwestern Law School graduate.
The pair are represented by UTA, Redefine Entertainment and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.